Dulwich Park
51°26′45″N0°04′43″W/ 51.445853°N 0.078734°W
Dulwich Parkis a 30.85-hectare (76.2-acre) public park[1]inDulwichin theLondon Borough of Southwark,southLondon,England.[2]The park was created by theMetropolitan Board of Worksfrom former farmland and meadows. While the initial design was byCharles Barry (junior),it was later refined by Lt ColJJ Sexby(who also designedBatterseaand parts ofSouthwarkParks). It was opened in 1890 byLord Rosebery.From 2004 to 2006, the park was restored to its original Victorian layout, following a grant from theHeritage Lottery Fund.The park islisted Grade IIon theRegister of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]
Dulwich Park contains a café, boating lake and numerous sporting facilities. Various types ofrecumbent bicyclesare available for hire. Cars have not been permitted to drive inside the park since 2003, with the exception ofdisabled badge holders,but there is a fee-paying car park at the College Road entrance.
Architecture
[edit]The gates and lodges surrounding the park are listed Grade II on theNational Heritage List;these include the park lodges next to the Old College and Rosebery gates,[4][5]and the Queen Mary, Court Lane, Rosebery, and Old College gates and their attached railings.[6][7][8][9]
On 20 December 2011, a sculpture byBarbara Hepworth,Two Forms (Divided Circle)that resides in the park, was cut from its plinth and stolen by suspected scrap metal thieves.[10]
Sport
[edit]The park is the home of Dulwich Park Runners, a minorrunningclub. AParkruntakes place each Saturday. There is also an active bowling club that operates every summer from April until September. Bowling has operated on the green in the middle of the park since 1900.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Southwark Open Space Strategy 2013 (7.26 MB PDF) page 99
- ^"Southwark Council Dulwich Park".southwark Council. 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2013.Retrieved13 September2013.
- ^Historic England,"Dulwich Park (1000416)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved9 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Park Lodge next to Old College gate, Dulwich Park (1385425)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Park Lodge next to Roseberry gate, Dulwich Park (1385475)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Queen Mary gate to Dulwich Park and attached railings (1385473)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Court Lane gate to Dulwich Park and attached railings (1385453)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Roseberry gate to Dulwich Park and attached railings (1385474)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^Historic England,"Old College gate to Dulwich Park and attached railings (1385424)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved11 April2017
- ^"Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen from Dulwich Park".BBC News.20 December 2011.Retrieved21 April2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Edwin T. Hall,Dulwich - History and Romance A.D. 967-1916(1917)
- Liz Johnson,Dulwich Park: A Park for the People Forever(2005)
External links
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